Our "Mini Moon"

Dave and I decided a few days ago that we would take off and have a "mini moon"! With the summer being so crazy and him working so much over time, the opportunity just flashed by. So we thought we would take advantage of our beautiful fall colours and enjoy some of the scenery that our beautiful province has to offer!
We headed east and ended up in Gananoque a beautiful little town along the St. Lawrence river. We found this absolutely stunning 1870's bed and breakfast inn. It was called the Victoria Rose Inn and it took my breath away as we pulled up.


This grand mansion had so much history and it has been lovingly restored. I could just imagine some of the people that had been here or lived here in the Victorian era. Our room was the "Tower" room, which you can see the tower. It was absolutely gorgeous.

There was so many features of this house that I loved but the grand ol staircase was the best! It had marble fireplaces, beautiful old wide hardwood flooring, crown moldings and wide trim. It was all so awsome!
We took a walk through the town and enjoyed looking at the 19th century churches and victorian houses. I absolutely love limestone houses. It is so much more attractive to me than brick or siding.

This lovely old home was also a converted B & B built in 1826...I can't even imagine how much work these massive old homes took to build back then.

Some beautiful swans in the Ganonque River with the gorgeous red, yellow and browns of our trees.

We certainly are so lucky to experience the change of the seasons and fall being probably the prettiest. We seen some lovely colours and absolutely breathtaking views of our trees.

There were several roadside market gardens selling apples, pumpkins, goards and squash.

We were only gone about 24 hrs. Just enough to take a breather before we have to go again. We stopped in at the Gananoque Casino. My very first time being in a casino. It was a bustling place! We each took $20 to spend and came out with a combined $160!!! Not bad for our first try at slots! It was nice to relax and spend some timing enjoying the beauty around us..even if only for a day! Unfortunately we "missed the boat" I had wanted to take a cruise of the 1000 islands but we arrived only minutes too late. This is a beautiful little town with much more to experience so perhaps next year we can go and take the cruise and peek around Gananoque some more!